Category Archives: art history

(Inspired by Monet, of course, and Linnea in Monet’s Garden.) Materials: Watercolor paper, tempera cakes and/or liquid watercolors, brushes of various sizes What with all our looking and reading and visiting, N was keen to try to paint with dabs, … Continue reading →

On one of the many snow days in the past month, I brought out some of my art books for the kids–at first, mainly my six-year-old–to look at. (Click pictures to embiggen and see titles.) (Appropriately, my art history book … Continue reading →

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